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Title: Pictures from Iwo Jima, 1945
Post by: GFShill on February 15, 2010, 02:19:19 PM

Some cool stuff.  Mustang lovers will cry.  Some of the photos of the banzai attack are a little gruesome, tho.

http://picasaweb.google.com/7thfighter/IwoJima?authkey=Gv1sRgCIW06db_6oth&feat=email#slideshow/5299163150448181842 (http://picasaweb.google.com/7thfighter/IwoJima?authkey=Gv1sRgCIW06db_6oth&feat=email#slideshow/5299163150448181842)

Title: Re: Pictures from Iwo Jima, 1945
Post by: Maverick on February 15, 2010, 04:12:36 PM

Great shots there, thanks for posting the link. Gives a much better feeling for what it was like for the pilots and others stationed there after the island was secured. Seems a lot of birds and crew were lost landing there.
 :salute

Title: Re: Pictures from Iwo Jima, 1945
Post by: DREDger on February 15, 2010, 05:03:18 PM

I didn't see any bonzai shots?

Title: Re: Pictures from Iwo Jima, 1945
Post by: ChickenHawk on February 15, 2010, 05:34:49 PM

Just goes to show that it was no picnic even after the Marines took the island.

Great link.

Title: Re: Pictures from Iwo Jima, 1945
Post by: GFShill on February 17, 2010, 06:27:09 AM

In my spare time I do WW2 reenacting.  That album was a great resource for research on camp life and equipment.

Title: Re: Pictures from Iwo Jima, 1945
Post by: Charge on February 17, 2010, 08:59:27 AM

"I didn't see any bonzai shots?"

Enjoy.

(http://home-and-gardening.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/the-best-bonsai-caring-ways.jpg)

-C+

Title: Re: Pictures from Iwo Jima, 1945
Post by: Penguin on February 17, 2010, 11:24:49 AM

I think he meant banzai, not bonsai.

Oops!

-Penguin

Title: Re: Pictures from Iwo Jima, 1945
Post by: Maverick on February 17, 2010, 12:47:32 PM

Quote from: DREDger on February 15, 2010, 05:03:18 PM

I didn't see any bonzai shots?

Use the slide show function and let it run. Do not "delete the captions" on the pics either. It shows pics of both Japanese and American dead where they fell.